So confused why another 6.5.... does it shoot 200grain 2 inch long bullets with a G7 of like 450? lol I would love to see more work done like the 7-300 Norma IMP with some 2500 round count lifespan. The 6.5 PRC and 6.5 SAUM are already the hotrod rounds or even the .264 win mag.
New Cartridge by Vortex, 6.5 BC
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We have 6.5 Grendel to 26 Nosler/ 6.5-300W that pretty much runs the 6.5mm gambit.
I mean I guess you could make a 26 Norma Mag or Lapua Mag if you like barrel life counted in the low hundreds.
Why not neck a 50 BMG down to .223 while we are at it. 6000 fps lasers would be awesome.
I mean I guess you could make a 26 Norma Mag or Lapua Mag if you like barrel life counted in the low hundreds.
Why not neck a 50 BMG down to .223 while we are at it. 6000 fps lasers would be awesome.
In wildcats, the beltless 7 mag is the 7 Sherman Short Mag... except its a short action that can get 3000 fps in a 24" barrel.
The Vortex Podcast and video linked above.
Like I said before, its a marketing play to explain the process of wildcating. Vortex will not dump the money into production but some wildcater may try it out.
You forgot the 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser, 260 Remington, .264 Win Mag, 6.5 RPM, 26 Nosler and the Magnificent 6.5x300 Weatherby Wright Magnum (oh and the 6.5 Carcano, the 6.5 x 50 Japanese, the 6.5 x54 Mannlicher, the 6.5x57, the 6.5x.284 and finally the 6.5-06.). I think that about covers it.
The problem is limited support. One small company with their own round does not appeal to most.
It can do it, but you are at the redline to reach that in a 24" barrel. Make it just a little bigger for a dedicated LA cartridge and make sure there are plenty of factory offering in ammo, and some good brass for reloaders. ADG is the only good brass for SAUM I know of, basically dead if you look at factory ammo.
That video is a little hard to watch. Like they were describing cartridge design to a 4 year old.
Dang, I forgot the 6.5 Remington Magnum, the 6.5 TCU and the 6.5 BR. That makes 19, 6.5 rounds that have either been commercially loaded or have a firearm/barrel commercially chambered for it. Guess at least one more would make it an even 20. If it could use an electrical primer that uses a battery powered capacitor instead of a chemical primer charge to ignite the powder would just about perfect.
Well I only said close because I run 175s at 2920 in mine! Haven’t tried 180s yetClose only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
And a 300 PRC case would do that with a 6.5 bullet. I may run one later just for fun.
I'll call mine the 6.5 HellCat
even a 142 ABLR or berger 153.5/156 which i assume what it was built for at 1.5" bullet oal? only .100 shorter than a 215/230 hybrid
somebody just needs to offer factory loaded 7 saum match ammo instead of keep coming out with new crap cartridges hahaha
fixed it for you
Another 6.5 jeez, they should have done a 6mm, we need something between the Gay Tiger and the dasher. Or maybe a 7mm Creedmoor, 7mm08 sounds too old timey... 
I'd be willing to bet there are fewer loose parts inside you can hear rattling around than there are with their scopes!
Damn! I said that out load!
Damn! I said that out load!
Heck, a really neat round would be a .22-250 necked up to .257 caliber and getting a 1-7 twist barrel. (A .25-22-250) Or would not be a .25 Creedmoor twin?
They are called Sherman wildcats for a reason. Looking for something commercially available from more than one small company. They need some Lapua, Norma, or Alpha brass and ammo on the shelf from Federal or Hornady or Winchester. Really the second part of that is key as if enough factory ammo sells, reloading components will be made.
You should call it the 250 Savage
I think that’d work really well in some kind of hammerless lever gun with an internal rotary mag
Ahhh, I should have looked at the SAAMI drawings a little closer. Guess I never realized the RUMs had bigger body diameter on the magnum case head.
ADG makes fantastic 7SS brass, as good as any other brass. Sherman wildcats have really taken off pretty well.
Who really uses factory ammo for long range stuff anyhow? For factory 7ss, you could use 7 saum in a pinch.
